Wednesday night we had the hottest (and dare I say chicest) ticket in town. Over at RS POP Shop on 47th and Lexington, IN*TANDEM Magazine has the pleasure of sponsoring “Fashion Art Gallery Presents: Studio 2020″, an intimate look at a modern New York City single woman’s closet - but set in the year 2020. The Pop Up boutique is the brainchild of the ultimate modern woman (and IN*TANDEM featured New Creative) Kelly Mills, whose future woman is an obvious extension of her current self. As the wine flowed and the cupcakes were devoured, we were truly inspired. Designs in collaboration with LaQuan Smith, Telfar, Mari J. Brooklyn, Mercury Sunglasses, Original Women and Gabriel Barcia-Columbo were on showcase and a little more than a twinge of jealousy flared up as we drooled over the futuristic accoutrement. And, did we mention the best part: all of Studio 2020 is up for sale, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Care.org.
Gucci Group, the owners of the late designer Alexander McQueen’s eponomous clothing line, announced the label’s new creative designer today and her name is……..drumroll, please………………..Sarah Burton! The word around town is that she’s basically the only one who could truly take over McQueen’s line. Having studied at Central Saint Martins and McQueen’s first assistant from 1996 to the day he died, Burton was the woman responsible for turning McQueen’s runway vision into successful commercial collections.
She’s been an intergral part of the McQueen brand for over a decade - and not some superstar designer Gucci Group picked out of hat. And I think that is truly where Alexander McQueen’s legacy lies. He was such a gift and and a talent to the fashion world, only someone who knew him so intimately could follow in his footsteps.
We’re on the eve of a scandal! We are self-proclaimed Francophiles (among a host of other ‘philes) and the purest form of art lovers (and by that, I mean we love art - pure and simple). So, when we see something that infringes on an artist’s copyrights, we cannot protest enough. Over at Le Blog De Betty, the ever so lovely Betty found something strange going on at the popular clothing shop Zara - specifically, one of their shirts had her face on it! And, it was not just a mere resemblance - it was almost identical to a picture she posted on her blog a while back. We at IN*TANDEM call foul!!!! We are artists, freedom fighters, weirdos, and lovers. And the internet is supposed to be a place where our voices are heard, not where a bunch of corporate f*ckers can come and steal our work, uncredited and unrepentant. Vous devez lutter pour vos droits!!!
I would love to tell you how the opening of Ryan McGinley’s New York City show “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” was full of the beautiful bright white lights and the sweet smell of museum board I’ve come to expect from NYC’s finest galleries. I would have loved to tell you how nuanced the images were - how the photos were both invasive and revealing. But alas, I cannot. I CAN tell you about waiting on the sidewalk with about 500 other people, clamoring to get inside Team Gallery (located at 83 Grand Street, NYC). And I can tell you about the cops and firemen who made me back my ass up on the curb. That’s right. We were DENIED. Though, we’re not too surprised. McGinley’s show was where to be last Thursday night - a first time retrospective on what McGinley himself described as what “A classical Ryan McGinley black and white portrait would look like”. The exuberance and spontaneity of his former works are all gone, replaced with the confines of the white backdrop of a studio. The collection features the 150 hand picked men and women McGinley chose to document in the nude and the monochromatic. And though we all know these images are nowhere, they do take the viewer somewhere - a place of intimacy and overwhelming emotion. Which is exactly what all of McGinley’s work is about.
The exhibition is open from March 18 to April 17. Go see it without the crowds - it’s more than worth it.
It’s noon. Do you know where your favorite cross dressing divas are? If I were you, I would check New York City’s famed National Arts Club where partymonster/Polaroid connoisseur/artist Jeremy Kost had his “Society Ladies” all dolled up for his contemporary art show “The Ladies that Lunch”, curated by Stacy Engman. The collection is a series of Polaroid grids and collages with the likes of Kenny Kenny, Dirty Martini, Sharon Needles, Veruca La’Piranha, and IN*TANDEM’s own Jordan Fox (featured on P.134). The ladies are doing all the fabulous things a society girl would do in a 100 year old private club like the NAC - including some deliciously dirty food fights, luscious lollipop licking, and generally looking pretty fab. And the best part: these ladies look seamless in their environment - like they were born with red-lipstick smudged silver spoons in their mouths.
IN*TANDEM Magazine caught the event last week (March 4) hosted by Ladyfag and danced our booty off to the musical stylings of Nomi Ruiz of Jessica 6 (covered in IN*TANDEM’s 70s Redux Issue, P.18), lost our last dollar to an angry blender, and were truly inspired by Kost’s work.
Alexander McQueen sadly passed away last month. Hailed as a master of his craft, his final collection pays tribute to the old masters of fine art. The 16-piece Renaissance and Byzantine-inspired collection premiered at Paris Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2010 for a select group of fashion editors. The collection was 80% finished before McQueen’s death. Artworks by the likes of Sandro Boticelli, Hans Memling and Hieronymus Bosch were digitally printed and transferred to the clothes –all very delicate, and intricate work.
Here’s a closer look at Alexander McQueen’s last collection in this video by Fashionista.com.
The lovely Miss Paola Ambrosi de Magistris over at 5Preview was looking très chic in this month’s 101 IDEAS’s section of Marie Claire (which featured some quick quotes and sweet pics of the photographer). If her name sounds familiar it might be because IN*TANDEM featured her gorgeous portraits of 5Preview’s creator Emeli Martensson in the Spring 70s’ REDUX ISSUE. Click HERE to Read it All Over Again!.
We love Paola’s images (which range from lusty to ethereal) and she looks mighty fierce in that 5Preview Chanel T! Work It!
